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Giuseppe Costa

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Giuseppe Costa (6 April 1852 – 1912)[1] was an Italian painter, active mainly painting genre scenes.

Biography

He was born in Naples, and trained in the local Academy of Fine Arts under Domenico Morelli. Among the titles of his works were The userer and his victims, Two orphan girls, Distraction, After work, Innocuous Love, Need and Modesty.[2]

References

  1. ^ La collezione d'arte di Dexia Crediop, by Patrizia Tosini (2002), Page 104.
  2. ^ Piccolo dizionario dei contemporanei italiani, by Angelo Gubernatis (1895), page 270.